Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 2, 213001(2014)

Design and Simulation of Silicon-based Rectangular Mach-Zehnder 2×2 Thermo-optical Switch

LIU Ke1,*... MU Si-xuan1, HUANG Hui1 and CUI Yong-hao2 |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 2Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA
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    LIU Ke, MU Si-xuan, HUANG Hui, CUI Yong-hao. Design and Simulation of Silicon-based Rectangular Mach-Zehnder 2×2 Thermo-optical Switch[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2014, 43(2): 213001

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jul. 2, 2013

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 18, 2014

    The Author Email: Ke LIU (liuke@bjut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20144302.0213001

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